An interesting documentary about mysterious places in the Czech Republic🇨🇿

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Pisanka

Children would play various games on Easter with kraszanki, including having kraszanka battles, where one participant would hold an egg still in their hand, while another would hit it straight on with their own—both eggs pointed end to pointed end. The person whose egg cracked would lose the battle, and the winner would keep it as a prize.

In Ukraine kraszanki, like pisanki, had talismanic powers. The kraszanki themselves, particularly those which had been blessed, were holy and could not be trampled upon — to do so would bring bad luck. Girls would wash themselves in water in which a blessed kraszanka had been placed to make themselves more beautiful. Kraszanki were placed on graves on Provody, the Sunday after Easter. In some regions of Ukraine, they were used to promote crop fertility — kraszanki were buried in the grain fields to promote good growth. Kraszanki were also buried in vegetable gardens at such places where they would not be trodden on, to chase away pests and for vegetables to grow thick. The shells of kraszanki could not simply be thrown out:, lest a witch get ahold of them and use them for evil purposes; instead, they were fed to the chickens to help them lay, saved to smoke out fevers, or tossed in a river to send them to the Rakhmany, so as to let them know Easter had arrived in the land.

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Poznań Royal Castle

The building now known as Poznań Royal Castle (Polish: Zamek Królewski w Poznaniu) is an attempt to reconstruct the late medieval state of one of the oldest royal residences in Poland, built between 2012 and 2016.

The original building dates back to the 13th century during the reign of Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland. It was significantly extended under King Przemysł II and became one of the most important royal residences in the Kingdom of Poland. The castle has witnessed many historical events. In 1493, the Polish king accepted the homage of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Johann von Tiefen here.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the general starost of Greater Poland, Łukasz Górka, began a general reconstruction of the castle. Chronicle records show that the buildings were erected practically from scratch. During the town fire in 1536, the still unfinished castle also burnt down.
It was raised from ruin by the then general starost Andrzej Górka.

The castle was partially destroyed during the Great Northern War of 1700-1721 and fell into disrepair. Parts were rebuilt in the late 18th century, but were destroyed again during the Second World War in 1945.

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Peterhof Palace in Sankt Petersburg, Russia

Peterhof Palace is a former summer residence of the Russian tsars on the Gulf of Finland in Peterhof, about 25 kilometres west of Saint Petersburg.

The complex was built on the occasion of the Russian victory in the Great Northern War and was modelled on the architecture of Versailles Palace. The palace and park were built in several stages from 1715 to 1755 in the Baroque style.

Peterhof was destroyed during the Second World War and then rebuilt by Soviet restorers. The ensemble, also known as the “Russian Versailles”, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990 and one of the Seven Wonders of Russia since 2008.

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Air raids on Prague on 14th February 1945
The third and penultimate air raid on Prague took place on 14 February 1945 and was carried out by the United States Army Air Forces. According to American pilots, the bombing of the city was due to a mistake (as a result of navigational errors) - they were supposed to support the air raids on Dresden about 100 kilometres north of Prague.

About sixty Boeing B-17s of the American Eighth Air Force dropped 152 tonnes of bombs on various residential areas of Prague. The carpet bombing hit areas including Vyšehrad, Vinohrady and Pankrác. A total of 700 people died in the attack. 68 buildings were completely destroyed and around 250 buildings were severely damaged. Some of these were historically valuable buildings, such as the city's most magnificent synagogue in Vinohrady and the Emmaus Monastery in Prague's New Town.

Although the Americans often expressed their regrets and saw the causes of their mistake in unfavourable weather conditions and an alleged similarity between Prague and Dresden from the air, the suspicion is still sometimes voiced today that it could have been a targeted attack. According to witnesses, a group of bombers from a larger formation clearly separated from the other bombers and flew towards Prague.

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👆Places shown in the video:

"Croatia"
Piechcin 2x 
Woliński National Park
Mięćmierz 

"Italy"
Puławy 
Grudziądz
Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Kazimierz Dolny

"Maldives"
Czarnocin 
Słowiński National Park
Ujście Świdra
Drawieński National Park

"Switzerland"
Wisła-Łabajów
Tatry
Złoty Groń 
Międzygórze

"Scandinavia"
Góry Izerskie
Żelichowo
Suwalski Landscape Park
Wolin (town)

"Germany"
Bożejów
Żmigród
Toruń
Bogatynia

"France"
Kończyce Wlk.
Piotrków Kuj.
Łódź 
Warszawa Wilanów

"Finland"
Augustów
Kubalonka
Orawa
Mazury

"USA"
Okiennik Wlk. 
Łuk Mużakowa
Stokówka
Puszcza Turnicka

"Czech Republic"
Przemyśl 
Zamek Czocha
Strumień
Międzylesie

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Korochun (festival)

Korotschun is one of the names of the Slavic festival of the winter solstice. It was celebrated by the pagan Slavs on the longest night of the year, December 21 (or December 22, the day of the winter solstice). On this night, Hors, the symbol of the old sun, becomes smaller as the days get shorter in the northern hemisphere, and dies on December 22, the winter solstice. It is said to be defeated by the dark and evil powers of the Black God. On December 23, Hors is resurrected and becomes the new sun, Koleda.

The name possibly comes from the word korotko, meaning short (the shortest day of the year). Another frequently used name is Koliada.

In modern usage, it can refer to the winter solstice in some Eastern European languages, but also to Christmas.

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Winter Wonderland in Poland❄️🏔

Cinematic drone shots from Polish mountains: Tatra Mountains, Beskidy, Pieniny.

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Plitvice Lakes National Park in winter❄️

Plitvice Lakes is the oldest and largest national park in the Republic of Croatia. With its exceptional natural beauty, this area has always attracted nature lovers, and already on 8 April 1949, it was proclaimed Croatia’s first national park.

The park is primarily covered in forest vegetation, with smaller areas under grasslands. The most attractive part of the park – the lakes – cover just under 1% of the total park area.

The lake system is comprised of 16 named and several smaller unnamed lakes, cascading one into the next. Due to the geological substrate and characteristic hydrogeological conditions, the lake system has been divided into the Upper and Lower lakes.

The Plitvice Lakes National Park offers visitors eight different routes to tour the lake system, and four hiking trails and it's open for visitors year round.

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Europe in the early 16th century: Poland under the rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty

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